The UMass Arts Council provides grant funding for RSOs, GSOs and academic departments that provide arts programming on campus. FY05 application deadlines for their small grant programs have been announced.

Single Project/Event grant deadlines are:

September 22

November 10

February 2, 2005

March 9, 2005

These grants provide up to $2,000 in support of a single project or event.

Mini grant deadlines are:

October 20

February 23, 2005

April 6, 2005

These grants provide up to $750 in support of a project and offer a streamlined application process.

Last year the UMass Arts Council supported 65 art events with over $50,000. Nearly 1200 students were involved in planning these events, which reached audiences of over 47,000! Just some of the activities funded last spring include: UMass Theatre Guild productions, “The Art of Arabic/Chinese Calligraphy” sponsored by the Muslim Students’ Association, “Women of Africa” by the African Student Association, “Paintings of Contemplation” by Peter Gregorio, “The History of Comic Theater” from the Theater Department, “Cambodian New Years Celebration”, “Short Cuts Journal”, “Alive with Dance” performances, “Queerfest” sponsored by the UMass Pride Alliance.

Council staff is available to work with individuals and student groups to develop their programming ideas.

For more information on the UMass Arts Council, their grant guidelines, listings of supported activities, please visit their website at www.umass.edu/fac/artscouncil.